With her own talk show, Ellen DeGeneres is one of America’s most well-known comedians, also serving as a prominent gay/lesbian role model. Get her story at Biography.com.
It was 20 years ago, on the April 14, 1997, cover of TIME magazine that Ellen DeGeneres, then the star of the sitcom Ellen, confirmed something she’d been building up to for decades: “Yep,” as the cover put it, “I’m gay.” As Bruce Handy explained in the accompanying article, the
May 19, 2016 · Kanye West left Ellen DeGeneres virtually speechless after a 6.5-minute monologue in answer to her question about what ideas he would have put in motion with $1 billion from Mark Zuckerberg.
Ellen DeGeneres, Producer: Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Emmy-winning talk show host Ellen Lee DeGeneres was born in Metairie, Louisiana, a New Orleans suburb. She is the teen of Betty DeGeneres (née Elizabeth Jane Pfeffer), a speech therapist, and Elliott Everett DeGeneres, an insurance agent. Her man is musician and producer Vance DeGeneres.
Ellen Degeneres’ winning, upbeat candor has made her show one of the most popular, resilient and honored daytime shows on the air, and her life makes for great (and very funny) reading. “I’ve experienced a whole lot the last few years and I have a lot to share. So I hope that you’ll take a moment to
Apr 06, 1997 · Ellen DeGeneres tells Time she’s a lesbian ‘I don’t have to be fearful,’ actress says. April 6, 1997 Web posted at: 11:08 p.m. EDT (0308 GMT) NEW YORK (CNN) — Saying she was speaking up “for my own truth,” comedian and television star Ellen DeGeneres said in an interview that she is a lesbian.
Given her recent high-style nuptials to Portia de Rossi, it’s no surprise that Ellen DeGeneres has come out against Proposition 8, the controversial California ballot initiative seeking to ban gay unions. Describing the wording of Prop 8 as “tricky,” the comedienne took to her blog to
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (often shortened to Ellen and stylized as ellen) is an American television comedy talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.Debuting on September 8, 2003, it is produced by Telepictures and airs in syndication, including stations owned by NBCUniversal. For its first five seasons, the …
U.S. President Barack Obama has awarded gay comedian and actress Ellen DeGeneres America’s highest civilian honor.. Obama presented DeGeneres with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in an emotional exchange at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.
Ellen DeGeneres has opened up about the moment she came out as gay. The TV presenter revealed she was shocked with Elton John’s reaction
